Posted on 11/09/2017 8:48:39 AM PST by Olog-hai
In an embarrassing mixup, the U.N. labor agency says it has shelved a decision on ending its ties with Big Tobacco, correcting its own statement earlier Thursday indicating it would cut ties to an industry faulted for major health risks.
International Labor Organization spokesman Hans von Rohland cited a mistake in which the “tripartite” U.N. agency — bringing together business, labor groups and governments — had previously said it would stop taking funds from the tobacco industry and end their public-private partnerships.
“We sent you the wrong version of the decision taken by the ILO Governing Body on ILO cooperation with the tobacco industry,” von Rohland said in an e-mail to reporters. “The ILO has not at this stage made a decision to end cooperation with the tobacco industry.”
“We are very sorry for this error in transmission,” he added. …
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